I use a script like this, place it in cron, run it once a day to search the db and
email the nescisary people the reminders they request.
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Mediawaveonline.com
ph. 250.377.1095
ph. 250.376.2690
fx. 250.554.1120
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""John Huggins"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Hi all.
>
> Can I use PHP as a shell script, like bash? Or this is inviable,
> impossible
> and/or out of question?
>
It is viable and works great. You must have a php binary somewhere from a
default installation of PHP. Usually, this binary is found somewhere like
/usr/local/bin/php.
Then make a file.
#!/usr/local/bin/php -q
<?
print("Hello World\n");
?>
Then chmod it so it is executable like so.
chmod 755 thefilename
It works for me. This is a very convenient way to obtain access to
databases from shell scripts.
Good luck.
John
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